Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Iroquois
women's positions of power in their communities included all of the following except a. | choosing the men who
served on the league council. | b. | planting and harvesting crops. | c. | having a weak voice in
community government. | d. | owning land. | | |
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“‘You
five great and powerful nations, with your tribes, must unite and have one common interest, and no
foe shall disturb or subdue you. . . .
“‘If
we unite in one band, the Great Spirit will smile upon us and we shall be free, prosperous and happy.
But if we shall remain as we are, we shall incur his displeasure. We shall be enslaved, and perhaps
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 This excerpt from a speech describes a group of
eastern Native Americans desire to join together in the ____.a. | Cahokia
Treaty | c. | Great
Peace | b. | Iroquois League | d. | Cherokee Alliance | | | | |
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Region | Foods | Housing | Characteristic | Northwest
Coast | salmon | wooden
houses | (4) used
resources of the forest and sea | Far
North | caribou | igloos | (3) clothing
made from fur and sealskins | California
Intermountain | small game, berries | shelters made of
branches and reeds | (5)
nomadic | Southwest | buffalo meat,
maize | adobe houses, pueblos, and hogans | (6) Apache and Navajo | Great Plains | buffalo meat | tepees | (1) used horses
in warfare | Eastern
Woodlands | corn, nuts | wooden
houses | (2) women owned
land | Southeast | corn,
squash | wooden houses | (7) farmed river bottomlands | | | | |
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 Study the information provided in the chart.
Native Americans who depended on caribou for food also typically ____.a. | used horses in
warfare | c. | farmed river
bottomlands | b. | lived in wooden houses | d. | made clothing from fur and sealskins | | | | |
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 Study the information provided in the chart.
Which Native American culture was a nomadic one?a. | Southeast | c. | Northwest Coast | b. | California
Intermountain | d. | Eastern
Woodlands | | | | |
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The native
peoples who became skilled at riding horses were the a. | peoples of the
East. | c. | peoples of the
Southwest. | b. | peoples of the Southeast. | d. | peoples of the Plains. | | | | |
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6.
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Which
peoples wore clothing of sealskin? a. | Inuit | c. | Mound Builders | b. | Plains
peoples | d. | Anasazi | | | | |
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7.
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What
discovery turned nomads into farmers? a. | clay | c. | maize | b. | tomatoes | d. | brick | | | | |
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The largest
empire of the early American civilizations was the a. | Aztec. | c. | Inca. | b. | Maya. | d. | Olmec. | | | | |
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Mayan
temples were used for a. | religious rituals. | c. | food markets. | b. | the king's
home. | d. | festivals. | | | | |
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The earliest
Native Americans crossed a land bridge called a. | the Bering Strait. | c. | Alaska. | b. | Atlantis. | d. | Beringia. | | | | |
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Three Early
Empires | | | MAYA | AZTEC | INCA | TYPE OF
SOCIETY | cubes, farm economy | cities, farm
economy, warrior society | cities, farm economy, large army, huge
empire | CAPITAL | no single
capital city | Tenochtitlan | Cuzco | WRITING | hieroglyphics | used
glyphs | no written language, kept records with
quipus | ACHIEVEMENTS | religion
important, pyramids, temples, calendar, astronomy | religion
important, pyramids, temples, calendar | religion
important, temples, 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of stone roads | | | | |
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 According to the information in the chart, which
of the three culture groups was the least warlike?a. | Inca | c. | Maya | b. | Aztec | d. | none of the above | | | | |
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 According to the information in the chart, in
which of the three early empires was religion relatively unimportant?a. | Maya | c. | Inca | b. | Aztec | d. | none of the above | | | | |
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What did
early Americans need in order to begin to form communities? a. | dependable food
supply | c. | money to buy
things | b. | clay to build homes | d. | ways of protecting themselves | | | | |
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The Maya and
the Aztec organized their societies around a. | the military. | c. | commerce. | b. | religion. | d. | women. | | | | |
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Early
Americans came to this land in pursuit of a. | corn. | c. | game animals. | b. | birds. | d. | religious
freedom. | | | | |
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The group
whose constitution shows that women had a strong voice in government was the a. | Iroquois
League. | c. | United
States. | b. | Oneida Nation. | d. | Mohawk Nation. | | | | |
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The Ice Age
provided access to the Americas through the a. | Bering Strait. | c. | Beringia land bridge. | b. | Atlantic
Ocean. | d. | Alaskan land
bridge. | | | | |
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What is a
society ruled by religious leaders called? a. | democracy | c. | civilization | b. | theocracy | d. | quipus | | | | |
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Tepees were
used by which culture? a. | Peoples of the North | c. | Peoples of the Plains | b. | Peoples of the
West | d. | Peoples of the
Southwest | | | | |
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Mayan
priests' interest in astronomy led to the creation of a. | a 365-day
calendar. | c. | human
sacrifices. | b. | a book of rules. | d. | cave paintings. | | | | |
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Who were the
native peoples who dug hundreds of miles of irrigation channels? a. | Mound
Builders | c. | Hohokam | b. | Sinagua | d. | Anasazi | | | | |
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The Inca
produced a steady food supply using a. | spiked copper balls on rope. | c. | hieroglyphics. | b. | terraces. | d. | calendars. | | | | |
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Early
Americans crossed the land bridge from Asia to present-day a. | Oregon. | c. | South
America. | b. | Alaska. | d. | Siberia. | | | | |
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Which Aztec
city was the largest city in the Americas? a. | Mexico City | c. | Yucatán | b. | Chichén
Itzá | d. | Tenochtitlán | | | | |
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Farming
allowed people to spend more time a. | hunting. | c. | traveling greater distances. | b. | improving their
lives. | d. | visiting neighboring
tribes. | | | | |
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Which
civilization built stone-paved roads over mountains? a. | Inca | c. | Aztec | b. | Maya | d. | Olmec | | | | |
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Which was
the largest of the early American civilizations? a. | Olmec | c. | Aztec | b. | Maya | d. | Inca | | | | |
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Which Native
Americans made clothing from sealskins? a. | Nez Perce | c. | Haida | b. | Inuit | d. | Chinook | | | | |
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The Iroquois
promoted peace by a. | fighting a
war. | c. | singing a peace
treaty. | b. | forming a war council. | d. | forming a federation. | | | | |
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Where do
archaeologists believe early Americans came from? a. | Atlantis | c. | Mexico | b. | Asia | d. | England | | | | |
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Matching
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Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | terraces | d. | pueblo | b. | Machu Picchu | e. | federation | c. | emperor | | | | |
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government
that links different groups
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32.
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great stone
community dwelling
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religious
center of the Inca
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34.
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descendant
of the Inca sun god
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35.
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broad
platforms cut into mountains
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Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Iroquois | d. | Anasazi | b. | Plains peoples | e. | Navajo | c. | Hopewell | | | | |
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Mound
Builders
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37.
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cliff
dwellers
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38.
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lived in
hogans
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nomads
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40.
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desired
peace
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Essay
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41.
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How were the
mounds an important part of the culture of the Mound Builders?
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42.
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Was religion
important in the lives of early Americans? Give specific examples.
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43.
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How did the
end of the Ice Age affect the food-gathering habits of the early Americans?
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44.
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How did
different Native American groups adapt to their environment? Discuss at least three
groups.
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45.
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What was the
legacy of the Iroquois that showed their desire for peace? Be sure to name the five nations that were
part of their plan.
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46.
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How and why
did the early peoples come to the Americas?
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